Weather Records on 16 September 1933

321 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1933. Highest significance: Provincetown 3 NW, US.

Key Facts for 16 September 1933

On 16 September 1933, 321 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 306 daily.
Provincetown 3 NW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 252.0 mm (9.9 in) on 16 September 1933.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

321 stations

321 station records on 16 September 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Khushalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	317.5 mm (12.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashta	India	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ratlam	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Agar	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Banswara	India	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mackinac Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dungarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaora	India	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thasra	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wadhwan	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mohanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Partabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Himatnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alirajpur/Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Modasa	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prantij	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jhalod	India	Record daily precipitation	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Irikkur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shujalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Virajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

321 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 132.

Records on 16 September 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1933 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 306.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

263 broken records

Margins by which the 263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 186.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1933

Top 20 records on 16 September 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1933	Provincetown 3 NW, US	all-time rain	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	9 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1933	Khushalgarh, IN	monthly rain	317.5 mm (12.5 in)	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1933	Amherst, US	all-time rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1933	Ashta, IN	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1933	Oneonta 1 S, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1933	Ratlam, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1933	Boston City WSO, US	monthly rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1933	Achalpur, IN	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1933	Agar, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1933	Banswara, IN	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1933	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1933	Mackinac Island, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1933	Dungarpur, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1933	Williamstown, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1933	Multai, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1933	Jaora, IN	all-time rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1933	Hingham (1), US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1933	Thasra, IN	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1933	Nilambur, IN	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1933	Edenton, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1933. 1933 had 321 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	224
25 to 50	31
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1